diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
 or the pool will not be created due to errors using the command
 .Cm zpool .
 Default:
-.Dq Li "-O compress=lz4 -O atime=off"
+.Dq Li "-O compression=on -O atime=off"
 .It Ev ZFSBOOT_BEROOT_NAME
 Name for the boot environment parent dataset.
 This is a non-mountable dataset meant to be a parent dataset where different
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/zfsboot b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/zfsboot
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/zfsboot
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/zfsboot
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 #
 # Default options to use when creating zroot pool
 #
-: ${ZFSBOOT_POOL_CREATE_OPTIONS:=-O compress=lz4 -O atime=off}
+: ${ZFSBOOT_POOL_CREATE_OPTIONS:=-O compression=on -O atime=off}
 
 #
 # Default name for the boot environment parent dataset